A mark-recapture approach to estimating population density from continuous trapping data: Application to edible crabs, Cancer pagurus, on the east coast of England

Fisheries Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 361-378

  Bell, M C ^a   Eaton, D R ^a   Bannister, R C A ^a   Addison, J T ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer pagurus; Crab; Density estimation; Mark recapture; Trapping

Indexed keywords

CRAB; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; TRAPPING;

CANCER PAGURUS; CANCRIDAE; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PAGURUS;

EID: 0348034376     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2003.09.026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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